The 77-year-old victim was walking in Attlee Gardens when the suspect approached her from behind and grabbed her bag.
Three vehicles were in collision on the A14 near Stowupland this morning.
A HGV and two cars, one of which was a Honda Civic, where involved in the crash on the westbound carriageway shortly after 8am.
A Suffolk Constabulary spokesman said the collision was “damage only” and no one had been injured.
The vehicles had been cleared from the road by 8.38am.
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